Combined sash-cord fastener and sash-lock



(No Model.)

E. v. HEA FORD. Combined Sash-Cord Fastener andSash-Look.

No. 228,349. Patented June 1, I880.

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NHE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVIN V. HEAFORD, OF OQVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED SASH-CORD FASTENER AND SASH-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,349, dated June 1,1880.

Application filed April 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN V. HEAFORD, ofCovington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Sash Cord Fasteners and Sash-Looks,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanyin g drawings, in which Figure l is a face view of the sashequipped with this improvement. Fig. 2 isa side view; Fig. 3, aperspective view of the rope-holder; Fig. 4, perspective view of thesash-fastener slide, and Fig. 5 perspective view ofthe plate for theside of the sash.

The object of this invention is to provide a combined sash-cord fastenerand sash-lock so arranged that the rope can be readily attached to thesash or removed. It also provides for a rounded seat for the knottedrope. so that the use of the sash and rope will not injure or wear outthe rope at the point secured to the sash, as is the case with thefasteners now in use. It also has a slide on the side of the fastener,which is employed to retain the sash at any point in the frame, all ofwhich will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A reprercnts a side rail of a window-sash,and in Fig. l the outer edge or face is shown, in which a mortise, B, issunk the desired depth. Fig. 3 shows, in perspective, my improved holderD, made preferably as long again as it is wide, and rounded at each endand sunk in the mortise B, and securely fastened by means of a screw, asshown, or otherwise. This fastener has two ears, D, projecting upwardlyat one end. These ears are oval in form, and are only far enough fromeach other to permit the rope to pass between them. The ears D are hol-(No model.)

lowed out between, so as to form an enlarged space for the knot of therope when it is placed between the ears. A horizontal slot, 0, is formedalong one of the ears, in which aslide, E, is placed. This slide has alug, F, projecting from its side, which passes out through a slottedplate, Gr, secured on the side of the sash.

I have thus combined in a very simple and effective manner therope-holder and the sashfastener, so that the cost of both will not begreater than the usual cost of each article separately.

In applying the sash-rope the knot is formed and placed in the spacebetween the ears D and the upper end of the mortise B and the ropepressed between the ears D. The rope thus hangs, as shown in thedrawings, in the groove 0 of the sash.

In practice the part D is inverted, having the rope projecting upward;but it is here shown for convenience.

Having described myinvention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The fastener D, having two ears, D, with an enlarged space betweenthem for the reception of a knotted rope, and one of the ears providedwith a slot or groove for the reception of a slide, E, substantially asand for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination of the fastener D, havin ears D rovided with roove Oand slide E, with the rope, when used on a window-sash, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

. EDWIN V. HEAFORD. Witnesses J. S. ZERBE, H. J. HARROP.

